[476] See Vol. I, page 87, note 6 {135}.
[477] Pierre Dupuy (1582-1651) was a friend and relative of De Thou. With the collaboration of his brother and Nicolas Rigault he published the 1620 and 1626 editions of De Thou's History. He also wrote on law and history. His younger brother, Jacques (died in 1656), edited his works. The two had a valuable collection of books and manuscripts which they bequeathed to the Royal Library at Paris.
[478] See Vol. I, page 51, note 3 {51}.
[479] It was Cosmo de' Medici (1590-1621) who was the patron of Galileo.
[480] See Vol. I, page 40, note 4 {20}.
[481] See Vol. I, page 106, note 4 {188}.
[482] Sir Edward Sherburne (1618-1702), a scholar of considerable reputation. The reference by De Morgan is to The Sphere of Marcus Manilius, in the appendix to which is a Catalogue of Astronomers, ancient and modern.
[483] George Parker, second Earl of Macclesfield (1697-1764). He erected an observatory at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, in 1739, and fitted it out with the best equipment then available. He was President of the Royal Society in 1752.
[484] See Vol. II, page 148, note [263].
[485] See Vol. I, page 140, note 7 {296}.